Daniel Weichel Gets New Opponent at Bellator 288, Three Prelims Added to Card

Timur Khizriev>Akhmed Magomedov and face Daniel Weichel on the Bellator 288 main card.

Promotion officials announced the new featherweight pairing on Wednesday. Bellator 288 takes place on Nov. 18 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago and is headlined by a light heavyweight title clash between Vadim Nemkov and Corey Anderson. In the co-main event, Patricky Freire will defend his lightweight crown against Usman Nurmagomedov. The main card airs on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.

A two-time featherweight title challenger, Weichel is 3-2 in his last five promotional appearances dating back to 2019. The 37-year-old German is coming off a 72-second stoppage of Robert Whiteford at Bellator 281 this past May.

Khizriev will make his Bellator debut with an 11-0 record. The 26-year-old Russian last competed in September 2021, when he submitted Ruslan Ryskul in the opening round of their clash under the Eagle FC banner in Moscow.

In addition to the change on the main card, Bellator announced a handful of new bouts for the preliminary lineup: Sullivan Cauley vs. Jay Radick at light heavyweight; Killys Mota vs. Jairo Pacheco at lightweight and Laird Anderson vs. Rob Fenicle at featherweight.